Wignall B K, Fox A J
Br J Ind Med. 1982 Feb;39(1):34-8. doi: 10.1136/oem.39.1.34.
A 30-year follow-up study of the mortality of 500 women employed in manufacturing gas masks during the second world war showed a pronounced excess of deaths from mesothelioma and lung cancer. Although these women were subject only to short periods of exposure, greater excesses were found for those exposed for between one and five years than for those exposed for under one year. Even in the latter group, however, five deaths from lung cancer and four deaths from mesothelioma were recorded compared with 1.5 deaths and 0.1 deaths expected (p approximately equal to 0.02). An excess of deaths from cancer of the ovary was also found, and this appeared to be related to exposure to asbestos.
一项对二战期间受雇生产防毒面具的500名女性进行的为期30年的死亡率跟踪研究表明，间皮瘤和肺癌导致的死亡人数明显过多。尽管这些女性仅经历了短时间的接触，但接触一至五年的女性比接触不到一年的女性出现了更高的死亡超额。然而，即便在后一组中，记录显示有5人死于肺癌，4人死于间皮瘤，而预期死亡人数分别为1.5人和0.1人（p约等于0.02）。研究还发现卵巢癌导致的死亡人数过多，这似乎与接触石棉有关。
